Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming : in four books ... : to which is added A discourse of perspective and chiromancy /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ;
1468:12. |
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| Item Description: | "Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries ... the way of engraving, etching and limning ... the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities, the paintings of the antients, washing of maps, globes or pictures, the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones and metals, the varnishing, colouring and gilding thereof ... the painting, colouring and beautifying of the face, skin and hair, the whole doctrine of perfumes ... together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting." Added title page, engraved. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois Library. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 407 pages, 16 unnumbered pages 13 leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait |